The prevalence and correlates of capacity to consent to a geriatric psychiatry admission

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 335-339

  Mukherjee, S ^a   Shah, A ^b  

^a Ealing Hammersmith and Fulham Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 0035202038     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860120080288     Document Type: Article

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